Post Graduate Diploma in Banking (PGDB) Programme is an initiative of ICICI Bank in partnership with Manipal Global Education Services. The training programme aims to attract young talent who wish to pursue a career in banking. It is a vocational training programme designed to develop a pool of first level managers with banking knowledge and required skill-sets to perform efficiently in their day-to-day activities.The roles offered on joining the bank after successful completion of the Programme will involve servicing, cross-selling and acquiring new customers through field visits as part of the duties/tasks assigned. Similarly, internship / on-the-job-training periods will also involve these duties/tasks as part of the learning process.

Programme Highlights

One year full time residential programme conducted at ICICI Manipal Academy (IMA) campus, Bengaluru including internship and on-the-job training at ICICI Bank

With more than thousand real-life case studies on service, sales and compliance themes interwoven in the course curriculum, the new curriculum lays greater emphasis on skill building of the Probationary Officers so as to enable them to deliver productivity from day one

Innovative pedagogy tools such as Co-teaching attempt to enrich the end-to-end learning experience of the trainees

The faculty is regularly trained not only by experts from ICICI Bank but also by experts from leading foreign universities

The students have the opportunity to specialize in different areas of retail banking

On successful completion of the training programme, students are absorbed in ICICI Bank as frontline managers in Deputy Manager Band I grade, in addition to being awarded the Post Graduate Diploma in Banking from Manipal University

A monthly stipend is paid to students both during campus terms & internship

More than 20,000 students have been associated with the programme and more than 18,000 students have since graduated from the programme

Programme Structure

The programme structure is as follows:

Term 1 (4 months) - Classroom training at IMA, Bengaluru

Term 2 (2 months) - Internship at ICICI Bank

Term 3 (2 months) - Classroom training at IMA, Bengaluru

Term 4 (4 months) - On-the-job training at ICICI Bank

Eligibility Criteria

Those who have completed graduation with 55% (Aggregate) marks in any discipline.

Up to 25 years of age as on 31st January 2019 (Should have been born on or after 31st January 1994).

Only shortlisted applicants will be invited for the selection process

The above will be considered as the threshold criteria for shortlisting.